Well, I just found that my steering rag joint was riped almost in two! This was a replacement from the "help" section in most auto part stores. Please check yours once in a while, it would be a bitch to lose your steering! I guess I will fire-up the lathe& mill to see if I can make a better product!

Go back and get a refund......then stay away
from that Taiwan Crap, especialy where it's
a saftey related item.... geezz you could have
been a sardine...in a tin can :-/

My steering gear is U-Joints on both sides,
look for some used ones from an 89 Kick
from Hawks.. They will hold and they aren't
rubber tire leftovers.

  I almost had a disaster too , I have a 87 sami , finished the spring over , put in the z bar eliminator , took it out to see what it would do .. got home to clean up my mess swep the carport and guess what I found ?
a cotter pin the goes into the steering arm .. talk about glad it didnt come apart . at least yours wouldnt have been your fault ... maybe Im getting to old to remeber everything , well maybe Im just lucky enough to find it before anything happens ..
 But Im glad you figured yours out too ..  

What's a "steering rag joint "?  

round of aplause for the man that sweeps up his work area B4 going out to play =)

i think for the rest of my life i will make sure my work area is as  clean as the day it poured lol

o yah wahts a rag joint?

It's a U-joint made out of what looks like
tire leftovers, or a Semi Truck mud flap.
Rubber bonded together with fibers inside.